Skunks Don't Always Leave Behind Their Scent

[7961]

Are skunks fairly easy to live trap? I set one last night using sardines as bait.

 

[dirtydozen]

The week before, I killed four skunks in five days. Two inside the chicken pen and two outside trying to get in. The first one I shot with a 22 pistol in the head and there was no smell. The rest, I killed with a shotgun and they all stunk. Just dont get too close behind them when you shoot. I prefer to shoot them from the side or head on. Those skunks showed up like clockwork, between 8 and 830pm every night. I saw the one skunk slip into a three inch gap between the fence and the barn. I lost two hens back in September, one to a coyote and the other to a skunk. Since ridding the skunks, the girls are sleeping in peace now. I still go out every night and check for predators, me, my spotlight and my gun.

 

[rungirl]

I lost a hen recently and found it decapitated under the roost. I assumed it was a raccoon, but I ended up catching a skunk and 2 possums. With the skunk, I tied a long spool of twine to a tie down hook, hooked it and drug it away from the house. When I shot it and it did spray before it died, but at least I was far enough away and I stood up wind. The thing that I found weird was that when the smell is that concentrated, it almost has an electrical fire smell. There was a good breeze blowing so I could empty the trap easily.

Lisa

 

[dirtydozen]

After you kill a skunk, dumping some chlorine bleach on it will take some of the stink away and make it more tolerable. A friend of mine that was an animal control officer used to do that, it helps some.

 

[aprophet]

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there is a recipe on the web with baking soda peroxide and dish soap that works well I use it fairly often not just skunks but mink and otter too sometimes weasel